Building construction.



No. 779,268. PATNTBD JAN. 3, 19o5.

C.' R. ELLIOTT, BUILDING GONSTRUGTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR. Z7, 1904.

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No. 779,268. PATENTED JAN. 3;' 1905.

' C. R. ELLIOTT.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATION FILED APB. 27, 1904.

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* l dummy UNITED STATES .Patented January s, 1905.

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SPECIFICATION formingparti'of Letters Patent No. 779,268, dated January 3, 1905.

` Application filed April 27, 1904. Serial No. 205,239.

To aZZ whom if mar/y concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ROANE ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in lthe county-of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Construction, of which the following is a' specification.

' My invention relates to improvements in building construction, and the object is toV simplify and improve the existing art in that branch or class embodying the adaptation and securement of tiling or similar protective facings to either exter1or or interior walls, or to floors or ceilings, or to horizontal or to vertical ment in operative combinatiomaswill be hereinafvter fully specilied,andthe asserted novelty particularly pointed out anddistinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my improvements in the accompanying drawings,

wherein` i Figure 1 is a perspectivefview of a wall to which my improved facings are applied and f to be taken as a part of'this specification, and

showing the supporting-stirrups in position suitable for supporting the tile-wall.

and also theinterengagement of the tile-hangers with the stir'rups. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing' the approved way of attaching the tile-hangers to an old wall, the tiles or facings being positioned closely adjacent to Fig. 3 is a similar view wherein the hangers are `formed with spacing-pieces to hold the tile-wall spaced from the main wall. i Fig. 4 is a detail vertical cross-section showing the manner of fastening the stirrups in the masonry and the tilewall to the hangers. Fig. 5 is aform of hanger is aform of hanger adapted for use in instances indicated in Figs. 2and 3. Fig. -7 indicates the 'application' of the improvements to weatherboards. Fig. 8 indicates the application Fig. 6,

to studdings. Fig. 9 indicates the attachment to studdings and spaced away from them to create air-spaces between the studding and the inner face of the tiling. Fig. l0 shows .f the improvements as applied to form4 protection to wooden studding and make a flue. Fig. l1 is a view, partly in vertical section, showing the union of the tiles and the manner of securingthe bottom or base-.line to the` structure. K

In the drawings similar parts appearing in the several illustrations are designated by the same reference notations.

It maybe premised the improvements may consist so far as the materialis concerned of any suitable articles, such a plates in the orderof press-brick plates, t1 e, terra-cotta, cement blocks, marble, or stone facings-and may be of anyinterftting contour desired. The sections or blocks of the facings may be of any size and have their faces plain or ornamented with any designs selected. They may be of the original color of the material or they I' may be colored to suit the whimsor desires of the mind. It may be further premised that the improvements may be utilized for the various purposes of the trade wherever the facings are applicable, such as facings for old or new brick walls, weather-boardings, for flooring,

the drawings,.to form square loopsto be engaged by the hangers. In Figs. 2 and 3 the hangers are directly fastened to the wall by nmeans of wedgesQ, let between th( ends of the face-bricks, andthe hangers then secured by nails through their upturned inner ends, as shown. The facing material is designated by B and consists of blocks or plates made of molded or made material of such size as may be fixed upon and of any substance suitable for the purpose. They may be oblong or square and have made in their upper and lower edges grooves 3, wherein is deposited a proper cementitious binder 4 to bind the blocks together and in which the reversed ends of the hangers are set, as shown in Figs. 4 and l1. In Fig. 5 of the drawings is illustrated a form of hanger adapted for use in instances where the stirrups or staples are required. This form of a metal plate 5 is provided with a nailliole 6, through which a fastening-nail may be driven to secure the plate to the surface. The upper end of the plate is turned down at right angles to the body, as at 7, which serves to engage in the loop of the stirrups or to act as a spacing element between the wall and the inner face of the tiling.- At the lower end the plate 5 is turned up at right angles to the body, as at 8, and slit at its outer portion and the slit parts turned vertically in reverse directions, as seen in the drawings at 9 l0, to form locking-flanges which engage in the grooves of. the tilings and are set in the cement filled therein, substantially as seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings. To one side of the extension 8 is made a downwardly-extending part 11, having its end turned up at right an' gles to the body of the extension to serve as a spacing medium and brace for the tiling or facing.

In instances of attachment illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings the body of the plate or hanger is disposed in horizontal direction and is extended in length, as seen in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and has its end turned'fiup at right angles, as at 12, and provided with a nail-hole 6, through which the fastening-nail may be projected into the wall.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated the manner `of fastening the tiles to a weather-board surface, using the hanger illustrated in Fig. 5, and in Fig. 8 the same character of bracket is used to secure the tiling to studding direct. In Fig. 9 the similar arrangement of hangers is adapted for securing the faces to the opposite faces of the studding, thus making oppositelyfaced walls, and in Fig. 10 is illustrated an instance wherein the space between the walls is utilized for conveying heat, and as a protection the inner faces of the studding are lined with vertically-arranged tiling, substantially x as shown.

the grooves it forms a continuous tongue, extending above and below the contiguous lines of the tiling, and thus gives additional strength and stability to the vertical alinement of the tile or veneering construction.

It willbe .stated that hangers made for the damp-proofing should be made of large and extended superficial area, so as to cover as large a wall-space as may be desired.

General directions as to different applications and kinds of work to which the improvements may be utilized may be stated: First, when fixing the veneering against studding which are crooked I cut notches or seats at the required spaces apart in vertical succession, being careful to have the faces of the seats in accurate alinement, so as to preserve true verticality of the tiling; second, in utilizing the improvements for base-boards I run a board the thickness of the projection desired around the apartment and veneer against the'board.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a supporting-Wall and a facingwall composed of fitted forms having grooves in their meeting edges, of supporting and spacing brackets consisting of plates secured to the supporting-wall and having their upper and lower ends turned at right angles to the body of the plates, and having an intermediate extension formed with a T- shaped end to engage in the grooves of the forms.

2. In a building construction, a supportingsurface, a tiling-facing com posed of forms having grooves in their upper and'lower edges, spacing and supporting brackets at the base of the facing-wall consisting of a body adapted to be secured to the supporting-surface and having its upper end turned down to form a spacing-flange and its lower end turned at right angles and its end turned vertically to set in the lower groove of the facing-wall, spacing and supporting brackets having their upper and lower ends turned inward in alinement to form spacing-flanges and an interme diate extension having a 'iV-shaped end to engage in the grooves of the tile-blocks, and a cementitious binder in the grooves to hold the blocks in alinement and lock the T ends in position.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ROANE ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

SAML. REYNoLDs, VVILsoN REYNOLDS.

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